Q 01/05

Which city's Triple-A baseball team is named the Chihuahuas?

A) Albuquerque

B) El Paso

C) Tucson

D) Oklahoma City

Answer · why

B) El Paso

El Paso. The team picked the name from a 2013 name-the-team contest, over finalists including the Aardvarks, Desert Gators and Sun Dogs.

Q 02/05

Which bandleader, known as the 'Rumba King', made a trademark of conducting with a Chihuahua in one arm?

A) Tito Puente

B) Pérez Prado

C) Xavier Cugat

D) Machito

Answer · why

C) Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat. After seeing Desi Arnaz perform, he hired him for his touring orchestra, a debt Arnaz later acknowledged.

Q 03/05

A 2020 genome study found roughly what share of Chihuahua ancestry comes from pre-colonial American dogs?

A) About 25%

B) About 50%

C) About 4%

D) About 70%

Answer · why

C) About 4%

About 4%: sequencing of ancient dog genomes in 2020 found the Chihuahua retains roughly 4% pre-colonial American dog ancestry, a trace most modern bre...

Q 04/05

Which other Mexican breed shares the Chihuahua's trace of pre-colonial dog ancestry?

A) Chinese Crested

B) Xoloitzcuintli

C) Peruvian Inca Orchid

D) Havanese

Answer · why

B) Xoloitzcuintli

The hairless Xolo carries about 3 per cent, and the two are the only modern breeds found to retain any at all.

Q 05/05

DNA studies suggest native American dogs entered North America from where?

A) Greenland

B) Mongolia

C) China

D) Siberia

Answer · why

D) Siberia

Siberia. Those first American dogs carried a unique genetic signature that is now nearly extinct.